Press Releases
Record of providing exemplary heart care earns Banner Thunderbird accreditation as Heart Failure Center Coiling procedure saves aneurysm patient's life Banner Thunderbird first hospital in Arizona to begin using nitrous oxide to partially sedate children
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Oct. 14, 2011) –Banner Thunderbird Medical Center has been designated an Accredited Heart Failure Center from the Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium, a nationally recognized organization dedicated to improving care and survival rates for heart failure patients.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (May 13, 2011) – Banner Thunderbird Medical Center has performed its first cerebral coiling procedure which likely saved the life of a Glendale man. The minimally invasive procedure, performed by Ahmed El-Gengaihy, MD, and the hospital’s neurosciences team, allowed the patient to be discharged the following day.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (May 11, 2011) – A medical gas that used to go by the name of “laughing gas,” since it made patients feel slightly euphoric, will soon be used in a limited capacity at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, which is examining the benefits of the gas on pediatric patients undergoing an uncomfortable medical imaging procedure.
Banner Thunderbird to open new pediatric unit
GLENDALE, Ariz. (April 14, 2011) – Banner Thunderbird Medical Center will open a new 16-bed inpatient pediatric unit in its Children’s Center on April 26 to help ensure there are enough beds to care for an increasing number of children coming to the Glendale hospital for medical treatment.
Banner Thunderbird 4th among all Metro Phoenix hospitals in U.S. News & World Report ranking
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Apr.5, 2011) – Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale joins seven other Banner Health hospitals in metro Phoenix to be recognized as being in the top 12 of the U.S. News & World Report’s first-ever Best Hospitals Metro Area Rankings.
Banner Thunderbird opens Breast Cancer Clinic
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Feb. 17, 2011) – A diagnosis of breast cancer is frightening enough, without adding to the stress that often comes with trying to secure appointments with busy specialists and determining what treatment options are available. Additionally, patients are often unaware of support groups and other resources that exist to help them on their journey to recovery.
Parents accompany their child into OR
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Feb. 14, 2011) – The hospital can be a very scary place for children, especially if they are facing a surgical procedure. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale is working to alleviate some of the anxiety by now allowing parents to stay by their child’s side until the anesthesia takes effect and the child “goes to sleep.”
Glendale hospital speaks many languages
GLENDALE, Ariz. (January 17, 2011) It’s difficult enough to communicate in English when you are in the hospital. Understanding tests and treatments can be confusing. This can be even more difficult for non-English speaking or hearing impaired patients.
Banner Thunderbird implement flu restrictions
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Dec. 13, 2010) Effective immediately, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale will begin enforcing visitor restrictions to protect our patients, visitors and employees during this RSV and influenza season.
Banner Thunderbird Holiday Toy Drive
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Nov. 8, 2010) – A toy can ease the discomfort and anxiety of a medical procedure for children who are patients in Banner Thunderbird Medical Center’s Children’s Center.
Hospital opens new Heart and Vascular Center
GLENDALE, Ariz. (June 26, 2010) – Banner Thunderbird Medical Center is set to open a highly advanced center for heart and vascular care that will include a level of technology found at only a few hospitals in the Valley and only a select number of hospitals across the country.
New operating rooms at Banner Thunderbird
GLENDALE, Ariz. (April 16, 2010) – Patients undergoing surgery at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center will soon be treated and cared for in a newly expanded surgical treatment area that includes a new, larger pre-operative area, a larger recovery room, called the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), and four state-of-the-art operating rooms.
Wireless Xray at Banner Thunderbird
GLENDALE, Ariz. (April 5, 2010) – Wireless technology might seem ubiquitous these days and it is no different for a hospital in Glendale, Ariz. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center has recently acquired a portable digital x-ray system that offers both wired and wireless connectivity within the facility.
Changing one life at a time
GLENDALE, Ariz. (March 8, 2010) – Joy Daugherty, who spends her days comforting sick children and frightened parents at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, recently spent two weeks providing the same comforting touch to hundreds of severely deformed children in Assam, India.
How to keep the flu from haunting your Halloween
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Oct. 21, 2009) – Banner Thunderbird Medical Center experts say one Halloween safety tip rises to the top this year with the onset of flu season: Wash those little hands before digging into candy!
Banner Thunderbird offers free flu event
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Oct. 20, 2009) – Arizona may face one of its toughest flu seasons this year, but by arming yourself with knowledge, you have a better chance of staying healthy this winter. Join Banner Thunderbird’s Medical Director of Infection Prevention, Mandeep Rai, MD, to get the latest flu facts.
Banner Thunderbird Level III NICU turns 1
GLENDALE, Ariz., (Oct. 17, 2009) - This month Banner Thunderbird celebrates one year as a Level III NICU after the Arizona Perinatal Trust granted the facility its highest designation allowing Banner Thunderbird to take care of premature babies of all ages.
Banner Thunderbird offers Safe Haven for pregnant women
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Oct. 1, 2009) – There may be a variety of reasons why women may not be able to keep or care for their baby. But Banner Thunderbird Medical Center wants to remind people about an Arizona law allowing people to voluntarily leave an infant with a “Safe Haven Provider.” Non profit Banner Thunderbird is a Safe Haven Provider.
Banner Thunderbird offers ouch-free shots
GLENDALE, Ariz. (June 4, 2009) – When Deby Campbell, RN, at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center tells a child their shot won’t hurt a bit, she means it.Nonprofit Banner Thunderbird Medical Center is taking the needles and pain out of injections when they started using the J-Tip injection delivery devices this week in the hospital’s Pediatric Emergency department.
